diff --git a/quantmind/preprocess/fetch/__init__.py b/quantmind/preprocess/fetch/__init__.py
index 1a91da5..e272fe4 100644
--- a/quantmind/preprocess/fetch/__init__.py
+++ b/quantmind/preprocess/fetch/__init__.py
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@
     CrossrefMetadata,
     resolve_doi,
 )
+from quantmind.preprocess.fetch.fxmacrodata import (
+    DEFAULT_FXMACRODATA_BASE_URL,
+    CalendarRelease,
+    RawCalendar,
+    fetch_fxmacrodata_calendar,
+)
 from quantmind.preprocess.fetch.http import (
     DEFAULT_USER_AGENT,
     FetchAttemptsExhausted,
@@ -30,16 +36,20 @@
 
 __all__ = [
     "ArxivIdParseError",
+    "CalendarRelease",
     "CrossrefMetadata",
+    "DEFAULT_FXMACRODATA_BASE_URL",
     "DEFAULT_USER_AGENT",
     "FeedItem",
     "FetchAttemptsExhausted",
     "FetchPolicy",
     "Fetched",
     "HttpFetcher",
+    "RawCalendar",
     "RawFeed",
     "RawPaper",
     "fetch_arxiv",
+    "fetch_fxmacrodata_calendar",
     "fetch_rss_feed",
     "fetch_url",
     "parse_feed",
diff --git a/quantmind/preprocess/fetch/fxmacrodata.py b/quantmind/preprocess/fetch/fxmacrodata.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11c7ae4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quantmind/preprocess/fetch/fxmacrodata.py
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+"""FXMacroData fetch helpers for macroeconomic context."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from typing import Any, Optional
+
+import httpx
+
+DEFAULT_FXMACRODATA_BASE_URL = "https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1"
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
+class CalendarRelease:
+    """One scheduled macroeconomic or central-bank release."""
+
+    release: str
+    name: str
+    announcement_datetime_utc: str | None
+    announcement_datetime_local: str | None
+    release_date_confirmed: bool
+    event_importance: str | None
+    market_tier: int | None
+    source: str | None
+    source_url: str | None
+    raw: dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
+class RawCalendar:
+    """Release-calendar payload for a single currency.
+
+    ``releases`` holds the parsed rows; ``metadata`` preserves the FXMacroData
+    envelope (currency, timezone, data quality) so the format layer can build
+    knowledge items without a second request.
+    """
+
+    currency: str
+    timezone: str | None
+    url: str
+    releases: tuple[CalendarRelease, ...] = ()
+    metadata: dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
+
+
+async def fetch_fxmacrodata_calendar(
+    currency: str = "usd",
+    *,
+    limit: int = 50,
+    api_key: Optional[str] = None,
+    base_url: str = DEFAULT_FXMACRODATA_BASE_URL,
+    timeout: float = 30.0,
+) -> RawCalendar:
+    """Fetch official release-calendar rows from FXMacroData.
+
+    Returns a frozen :class:`RawCalendar` in line with the fetch layer
+    contract. No parsing beyond splitting rows from the response envelope --
+    interpreting the rows is the format layer's job.
+    """
+
+    limit_count = max(1, min(int(limit), 100))
+    currency_code = currency.lower()
+    params: dict[str, str] = {"limit": str(limit_count)}
+
+    url = f"{base_url.rstrip('/')}/calendar/{currency_code}"
+    headers = {"User-Agent": "QuantMind/0.2 fxmacrodata-fetch"}
+    if api_key:
+        # Sent as a header so the key is never captured in request logs or
+        # proxy access logs the way a query parameter would be.
+        headers["X-API-Key"] = api_key
+
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=timeout, follow_redirects=True) as client:
+        response = await client.get(url, params=params, headers=headers)
+        response.raise_for_status()
+        payload: dict[str, Any] = response.json()
+
+    rows = payload.get("data")
+    rows = rows[:limit_count] if isinstance(rows, list) else []
+    releases = tuple(
+        CalendarRelease(
+            release=str(row.get("release", "")),
+            name=str(row.get("name", "")),
+            announcement_datetime_utc=row.get("announcement_datetime_utc"),
+            announcement_datetime_local=row.get("announcement_datetime_local"),
+            release_date_confirmed=bool(row.get("release_date_confirmed", False)),
+            event_importance=row.get("event_importance"),
+            market_tier=row.get("market_tier"),
+            source=row.get("source"),
+            source_url=row.get("source_url"),
+            raw=row,
+        )
+        for row in rows
+        if isinstance(row, dict)
+    )
+    metadata = {key: value for key, value in payload.items() if key != "data"}
+    return RawCalendar(
+        currency=str(payload.get("currency", currency_code)).upper(),
+        timezone=payload.get("timezone"),
+        url=url,
+        releases=releases,
+        metadata=metadata,
+    )